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Protector of a lone sycamore tree
Teacher is creating an art exhibit about the fixture of a tree in Rose Bowl parking lot.
By LOIRE TSUI
Staff Writer
A lone sycamore stands tall and undefeated in the Rose Bowl parking lot all because of the love of one man.
Joel Tauber, adjunct professor at USC
Roski School of Fine Arts, said he fell in love with the tree 15 months ago and said he made it his mission to save the 25-year-old sycamore tree.
Tauber said the tree was being abused and neglected.
He also said it was being hit continuously by careless drivers parking their cars and starved by the asphalt surrounding it, receiving little oxygen and water.
The sick tree caught his heart because it is really beautiful and “it is a symbol of where we are environmentally," he said.
Photo by Liz Rubin
One love. Joel Tauber, adjunct professor at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, hugs the sycamore tree in the Rose Bowl parking lot.
“The world is becoming one big parking lot,” Tauber said.
Tauber began nursing the tree back to health by watering it with three 20-gallon water bags every three to seven days.
He even went as far as to dress up in construction gear and rent equipment from The Home Depot to install protective bars around the tree.
“Cops stopped me and asked if I was with the City of Pasadena,” Tauber said. “And I said ‘Yes.’”
“He shouldn’t have done that, but we’ve moved on,” said Darryl Dunn, general manager of the Rose Bowl Operating Company.
Tauber has been working with Dunn and others to see his project fulfilled.
Tauber lobbied for the removal of 1,600 square feet of asphalt and is hoping to construct a museum of the tree by surrounding it with a boulder and necklace using plaques that explain the tree in detail.
“He came to us with an enormous amount of passion to improve the life of the tree,” Dunn said.
Progress with the tree is still undergoing evaluations and considerations, Dunn said.
“We embrace his vision, but we just have to make sure it works. There is an approval process because it is our property,” Dunn said.
Considerations include making sure the construction and proposed project are not hazards in any way, ensuring that cars won’t hit it.
The Rose Bowl must also map out what long-term maintenance will be needed and evaluate how it will impact parking spaces,
I see Tree, page 10 I
’SC to install new Catalina housing
Cottages will serve as residences for visiting scientists at Wrigley Institute.
By LOIRE TSUI
Staff Writer
Six resort-style cottages are being built for the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island.
The Oct. 12 groundbreaking for the cottages marked their construction on a rented harbor in Long Beach, located across from the actual island for logistical reasons.
USC Life Trustee George Boone said he conceived the idea and brought it before the administration.
I see Catalina, page 10 I
INDEX
The Hispanic community gathers to celebrate Dia de los Muertos festivities. 7
Lojacks should be installed on some people. 4
News Digest........2 Lifestyle...............7
Upcoming...........2 Classifieds........12
Opinions..............4 Sports................16
WEATHER
Today: Partly cloudy. High 76, low 59. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 78. low 59.
USG reaches out at dinner
Hi MU
INSIDE
C.J. Gable will be part of a refocused
running game
this
weekend against Stanford. 16
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
www.dailytrojan.com
November 3, 2006
Vol. CLIX, No. 52
President, vice president visit EVK to help raise awareness about USG.
By TOREY VAN OOT
Staff Writer
Students dining on the usual • nightly cuisine of nachos, burgers and pizza at Everybody’s Kitchen were greeted by two unexpected dinner guests Thursday night: the president and vice president of Undergraduate Student Government.
President Sam Gordon and Vice President Sahil Chaudry table-hopped around the dining hall, chatting with students as part of USG’s “Meet and Greet,”’ an initiative to increase USG visibility and gather student feedback.
Conversation drifted from prominent issues on campus, such as meal plans and football tickets, to living in Los Angeles, abolishing Writing 140 and students’ take on In-N-Out Burger and Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.
“I’ve heard it’s good, a little greasy though,” Gordon said to a group of stu-
dents who were shocked their student leader had never been to the popular off-campus food joint, Roscoe’s.
Chaudry and Gordon encouraged students to bring any and all concerns to their elected representatives, even if “you stub your toe (or) can’t park your bike,” Gordon said.
Most students were eager to share ideas but said that before Thursday night, they did not know much about USG or their representatives.
“I’ve heard of USG a lot, and when they were doing events and stuff, I saw it was sponsored by USG,” said Ally Chang, a freshman majoring in cinema-television production.
Chang said, however, she thought coming to the dining halls was a good way for USG to reach out to students.
“We’re not going to say, ‘Oh sorry, I have to go to class right now,’ because we’re eating,” said Katherine Prendergast, a freshman majoring in studio art.
Dan Tola, a freshman majoring in political science, said he thinks there could be better ways to promote USG than talking to students “when we’re sitting down to dinner,” such
I see Meet, page 10 I
Get to know. Sara Osias, left, a freshman majoring in business administration, looks at one of the pamphlets President Sam Gordon, center, and Vice President Sahil Chaudry passed out at USG’s Meet and Greet in EVK.
Weekender; The Daily Trojan will resume production Tuesday, Nov. 7

Protector of a lone sycamore tree
Teacher is creating an art exhibit about the fixture of a tree in Rose Bowl parking lot.
By LOIRE TSUI
Staff Writer
A lone sycamore stands tall and undefeated in the Rose Bowl parking lot all because of the love of one man.
Joel Tauber, adjunct professor at USC
Roski School of Fine Arts, said he fell in love with the tree 15 months ago and said he made it his mission to save the 25-year-old sycamore tree.
Tauber said the tree was being abused and neglected.
He also said it was being hit continuously by careless drivers parking their cars and starved by the asphalt surrounding it, receiving little oxygen and water.
The sick tree caught his heart because it is really beautiful and “it is a symbol of where we are environmentally," he said.
Photo by Liz Rubin
One love. Joel Tauber, adjunct professor at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, hugs the sycamore tree in the Rose Bowl parking lot.
“The world is becoming one big parking lot,” Tauber said.
Tauber began nursing the tree back to health by watering it with three 20-gallon water bags every three to seven days.
He even went as far as to dress up in construction gear and rent equipment from The Home Depot to install protective bars around the tree.
“Cops stopped me and asked if I was with the City of Pasadena,” Tauber said. “And I said ‘Yes.’”
“He shouldn’t have done that, but we’ve moved on,” said Darryl Dunn, general manager of the Rose Bowl Operating Company.
Tauber has been working with Dunn and others to see his project fulfilled.
Tauber lobbied for the removal of 1,600 square feet of asphalt and is hoping to construct a museum of the tree by surrounding it with a boulder and necklace using plaques that explain the tree in detail.
“He came to us with an enormous amount of passion to improve the life of the tree,” Dunn said.
Progress with the tree is still undergoing evaluations and considerations, Dunn said.
“We embrace his vision, but we just have to make sure it works. There is an approval process because it is our property,” Dunn said.
Considerations include making sure the construction and proposed project are not hazards in any way, ensuring that cars won’t hit it.
The Rose Bowl must also map out what long-term maintenance will be needed and evaluate how it will impact parking spaces,
I see Tree, page 10 I
’SC to install new Catalina housing
Cottages will serve as residences for visiting scientists at Wrigley Institute.
By LOIRE TSUI
Staff Writer
Six resort-style cottages are being built for the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island.
The Oct. 12 groundbreaking for the cottages marked their construction on a rented harbor in Long Beach, located across from the actual island for logistical reasons.
USC Life Trustee George Boone said he conceived the idea and brought it before the administration.
I see Catalina, page 10 I
INDEX
The Hispanic community gathers to celebrate Dia de los Muertos festivities. 7
Lojacks should be installed on some people. 4
News Digest........2 Lifestyle...............7
Upcoming...........2 Classifieds........12
Opinions..............4 Sports................16
WEATHER
Today: Partly cloudy. High 76, low 59. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 78. low 59.
USG reaches out at dinner
Hi MU
INSIDE
C.J. Gable will be part of a refocused
running game
this
weekend against Stanford. 16
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
www.dailytrojan.com
November 3, 2006
Vol. CLIX, No. 52
President, vice president visit EVK to help raise awareness about USG.
By TOREY VAN OOT
Staff Writer
Students dining on the usual • nightly cuisine of nachos, burgers and pizza at Everybody’s Kitchen were greeted by two unexpected dinner guests Thursday night: the president and vice president of Undergraduate Student Government.
President Sam Gordon and Vice President Sahil Chaudry table-hopped around the dining hall, chatting with students as part of USG’s “Meet and Greet,”’ an initiative to increase USG visibility and gather student feedback.
Conversation drifted from prominent issues on campus, such as meal plans and football tickets, to living in Los Angeles, abolishing Writing 140 and students’ take on In-N-Out Burger and Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.
“I’ve heard it’s good, a little greasy though,” Gordon said to a group of stu-
dents who were shocked their student leader had never been to the popular off-campus food joint, Roscoe’s.
Chaudry and Gordon encouraged students to bring any and all concerns to their elected representatives, even if “you stub your toe (or) can’t park your bike,” Gordon said.
Most students were eager to share ideas but said that before Thursday night, they did not know much about USG or their representatives.
“I’ve heard of USG a lot, and when they were doing events and stuff, I saw it was sponsored by USG,” said Ally Chang, a freshman majoring in cinema-television production.
Chang said, however, she thought coming to the dining halls was a good way for USG to reach out to students.
“We’re not going to say, ‘Oh sorry, I have to go to class right now,’ because we’re eating,” said Katherine Prendergast, a freshman majoring in studio art.
Dan Tola, a freshman majoring in political science, said he thinks there could be better ways to promote USG than talking to students “when we’re sitting down to dinner,” such
I see Meet, page 10 I
Get to know. Sara Osias, left, a freshman majoring in business administration, looks at one of the pamphlets President Sam Gordon, center, and Vice President Sahil Chaudry passed out at USG’s Meet and Greet in EVK.
Weekender; The Daily Trojan will resume production Tuesday, Nov. 7